W. B. R. Lickorish
Mathematician, Academic
1935 –
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Who is W. B. R. Lickorish?
William Bernard Raymond Lickorish is a mathematician. He is emeritus professor of geometric topology in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge, and also an emeritus fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. His research interests include topology and knot theory. He was one of the discoverers of the HOMFLY polynomial.
Lickorish received his Ph.D from Cambridge in 1964.
In 1991, Lickorish received the Senior Whitehead Prize from the London Mathematical Society.
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- Born
- Feb 19, 1935
- Profession
- Education
- University of Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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